IMPACT OF INTERNET USE ON CHILDREN/ADOLESCENTS By Miss Kaleyvani Geeseeny Sawmy Clinical Psychologist Children’s motives Few studies have been conducted – that can explain people’s motives for using internet. Research suggest that children use media for entertainment and relaxation purposes (to relieve boredom‚ to play games‚ or for social interaction) however little is known about what really motivate children to use Internet. Adolescents’ motives Use the Internet more for
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Cause and Effects of Computer Addiction In the 21st Century‚ computer addiction isn’t all that uncommon anymore. Now(‚) that anyone can get a relatively good PC without breaking the bank‚ more people are getting hooked without even knowing it. I can personally attest to computer addiction being a real problem in society today(remove today /....in the society). With online banking‚ shopping‚ TV/movies(donot use abbreviations......television...)‚ games‚ and other various means of entertainment(
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Cause and Effects of Computer Addiction In the 21st Century‚ computer addiction isn’t all that uncommon anymore. Now‚ that anyone can get a relatively good PC without breaking the bank‚ more people are getting hooked without even knowing it and became a computer addict. I can personally say that computer addiction being a real problem in society today. The online banking‚ shopping‚ movies‚ games‚ and other source of entertainment. There is really no need to leave the house other than for physical
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options for computer addiction treatment‚ one point regarding addiction to the computer needs to be made : Computer addiction is not an official psychiatric diagnosis. Despite a growing movement to have obsessive computer and internet use included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)‚ so far this has not happened. In relative terms when disadvantages of computer addiction compared to other addictions such as alcoholism and drug addiction‚ computer addiction is a very
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There has been a big percentage of people spending their time on the internet rather than spending time with their family‚ or friends. Internet use has been categorized as an actual disorder‚ and has been termed ’Internet Addiction’ because of its similarity to addictions like smoking‚ drinking‚ and watching too much TV. There are several reasons and causes why people get addicted to the internet; boredom‚ loneliness‚ online TV‚ social networks‚ etc. They could be lonely in the way that they’re
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of Computer Game Addiction to Academic Performance of Third year AB Students of Holy Cross of Davao College ______________ A Research Paper Presented to Dr. Danilo L. Mejica ______________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirement of Education 7 (Introduction to Research) ______________ By Agulo‚ Emily Monteverde‚ Rhay Brian Bedro‚ Edward Caesar October 2010 Holy Cross of Davao College Sta Ana Avenue‚ Davao City Approval Sheet This study entitled “Computer Game Addiction and
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Internet Addiction and Stress in College By Jennifer Wright‚ Nicel Chennault‚ and Sarah Halsted Chadron State College Research Design in Psychology Dr. Mary Carnot Internet Addiction and Stress in College Introduction Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) and Internet Behavior Dependence (IBD) are becoming more prominent among young adult. With vast necessity and impact that the internet has on college students‚ it only seems logical that behavior and social implications would succumb. I would
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of the computer and Internet May 1‚ 2012 Computers first made there debut and have been around since in the 1940s and the Internet since in the 1970s. Computer were large single room unit that have changed into hand held devices and microchips. The Internet was a blog where people from all over the world could post questions and get answers and now the Internet has become a global search engine. In the future‚ computers and the
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the signs of Internet Addiction Disorder? What are the signs of Internet Addiction Disorders‚ Well according to Joanna Saisan‚ Melinda Smith‚ Lawrence Robinson‚ and Jeanne Segal. There are five main causes of internet addiction disorder‚ these five causes are: cybersex‚ cyber-relationship addiction‚ Net Compulsions‚ Information Overload‚ and Computer Addiction. They say that the most common are cybersex‚ online gambling‚ and cyber-relationship addiction. They say that the internet provides a constant
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Drug Addiction among Youth The term ‘drug’ has now been given a new connotation. It was used originally to means ‘medicine’. But now-a-days it means not only medicine‚ but also the fatal narcotics that include cocaine‚ heroin‚ brown sugar‚ and many other specifications. All these drugs have their evil effects on the mind and body cells of the addicts. The young generation is the worst victims of evils of Drug Addiction. The abuse of drug has become an international problem. Almost every country nowadays
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